James Ransome
Author
Publisher
Atheneum Books for Young Readers
Pub. Date
[2019]
Language
English
Description
Every single morning, the overseer of the plantation rings the bell. Daddy gathers wood. Mama cooks. Ben and the other slaves go out to work. Each day is the same. Full of grueling work and sweltering heat. Every day, except one, when the bell rings and Ben is nowhere to be found. Because Ben ran. Yet, despite their fear and sadness, his family remains hopeful that maybe, just maybe, he made it North. That he is free. An ode to hope and a powerful...
Author
Publisher
Holiday House
Pub. Date
[2020]
Language
English
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Three, Four Tell Me More: Things That Go/Going Places
Titles Worth Trying: Historical Fiction [Grades K-2]
Titles Worth Trying: Historical Fiction [Grades K-2]
Description
In poems, illustrated with collage art, a perceptive girl tells the story of her train journey from North Carolina to New York City as part of the Great Migration. Each leg of the trip brings new revelations as scenes out the window of folks working in fields give way to the Delaware River, the curtain that separates the colored car is removed, and glimpses of the freedom and opportunity the family hopes to find come into view. --from Amazon.
11) Visiting day
Author
Publisher
Scholastic Press
Pub. Date
2002.
Language
English
Description
A young girl and her grandmother visit the girl's father in prison.
16) Satchel Paige
Author
Publisher
Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers
Pub. Date
2000.
Language
English
Description
Examines the life of the legendary baseball player, who was the first African-American to pitch in a Major League World Series.
17) My best shoes
Author
Publisher
Tambourine Books
Pub. Date
[1994]
Language
English
Description
Celebrates the variety of shoes that can be worn, from sturdy lace up high shoes to naked feet and toe shoes.
Author
Publisher
Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers
Pub. Date
[2018]
Language
English
Description
Shares the story of the sisters and tennis stars, including their special relationship as sisters and best friends, their constant training as children, and their incredible success in professional tennis.
Author
Publisher
Holiday House
Pub. Date
2015.
Language
English
Description
"Louis Armstrong has been called the most important improviser in the history of jazz. Although his New Orleans neighborhood was poor in nearly everything else, it was rich in superb music. Young Louis took it all in, especially the cornet blowing of Joe "King" Oliver. But after a run in with the police, 11-year-old Louis was sent away to the Colored Waif s Home for Boys where he became a disciplined musician in the school s revered marching band....
Author
Publisher
Bloomsbury
Pub. Date
2018.
Language
English
Description
"You can be a King. Stamp out hatred. Put your foot down and walk tall. You can be a King. Beat the drum for justice. March to your own conscience. Featuring a dual narrative of the key moments of Dr. King's life alongside a modern class as the students learn about him, Carole Weatherfor's poetic text encapsulates the moments that readers today can reenact in their own lives. See a class of young students as they begin a school project inspired by...
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